GTA Farecard
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The GTA Farecard is a planned smartcard-based fare payment system to be introduced in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, in 2007. Implementation is to be completed by 2010, giving the Greater Toronto Area's local and regional transit operators a single fare-payment system to replace the current mixture of passes, tickets, tokens, and cash-based systems. The GTA operations area covers over 8,100 square kilometres, and is home to about 5.5 million transit riders.
The province has announced Accenture will be contracted to implement the card system.[1] The Greater Toronto Transportation Authority will be responsible for administering the fare card.
The following transit systems have confirmed that they will participate:
- Burlington Transit
- Durham Region Transit
- GO Transit
- Oakville Transit
- York Region Transit, including Viva York
- Brampton Transit
- Mississauga Transit
The Hamilton Street Railway has not announced whether they will participate. The Toronto Transit Commission has expressed concerns over the cost to implement the card system.[2].
[edit] References
- ^ Accenture selected for GTA fare card project. Ontario Ministry of Transportation (2006-10-12). Retrieved on 2006-10-13.
- ^ Kuitenbrouwer, Peter. "City Hall unhappy with region's transit plan", National Post, 2006-10-13. Retrieved on 2006-10-13.
